Garmin GPSMAP 76S GPS Receiver

Workhorse

By Joe  Oct 6, 2006 | 1 out of 1 found this Garmin GPSMAP 76S review helpful

Pros: Durable, reliable, accurate

Cons: Relatively slow acquiring, picky antenna

I've had my 76s going on 4 years now, and it's been from zero to twenty-two thousand feet above sea-level. It's been in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, California, Arizona, and New Mexico. It's never failed to operate perf...ectly, aside from rarely being VERY slow to acquire satellites on a rainy day. I've dropped it from a twenty foot cliff, and it still operates fine. It's been dropped in water, and still operates fine. It's been accidentally sat on by a three-hundred pound man, and still operates fine. I used it for field work during my thesis to store hundreds of sample localities. I am glad I had this little puppy during my field work, otherwise I would have had to carry a whole box of topographic maps along with me. I even used it for photographic scale, and to demonstrate the geographic orientation of ripple marks in limestone. It's even been used to save a person's life, and a notify a rancher of a herd of escaped cattle! Read more Less